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Description: | This is one of a series of six paintings of living animals commissioned by Lord Merton for the Royal College of Surgeons by the Swiss artist Jacques-Laurent Agasse. The paintings were commissioned in order to record Lord Merton's experiments on Telegony, the study of whether the womb can be influenced by its past progeny. The animals in the series are mainly shown in profile and, although painted in a manner that reflects that the works are from life, are intended to be seen as scientific records. This is the first painting in the series and shows a male Quagga, a now extinct type of Zebra. | Subjects: | animal (Quagga); landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Agasse, Jacques Laurent (Swiss artist, 1767-1849) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8484... | Go to resource |
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